TLAC Summary: 10. The World Machine

What does Ethic remember most about the world before the crystal was unearthed?

• The sacrifice of Octavia to distract the guards

• The failure of her creation, Hedge

• The friends she’s made in the resistance movement

• The glee she felt when she built her first robot

What is Ethic's plan to stop Hedge from covering the world in a giant maze?

• She will go to the crystal at the center of the maze and use its powers to stop Hedge

• Adila and Lemma will do whatever they can to slow Hedge down

• Octavia will free the resistance members from stasis

• She will destroy Hedge

What maze-mapping technique is mentioned in the text?

• Dijkstra's algorithm

• Depth-first search

• A* algorithm

• Breadth-first search

What is the first priority for the prisoners exploring the maze?

• To choose a path at random

• To mark the dead ends with a symbol

• To cover fresh ground to minimize doubling up

• To find the crystal at the center of the maze

What does Ethic do when she reaches the entrance to the innermost maze?

• She weaves her way towards the crystal at the center of the maze

• She destroys Hedge

• She opens the sealed door from within

• She radios the resistance members a simple set of instructions

What does Ethic access in Hedge's core to fix her error?

• His memory

• His power source

• His communication system

• His programming

What will happen to the people once the forgetting food is out of their systems?

• They will regain their will to create and progress

• They will become more greedy

• They will lose their memories

• They will become more selfish

What will the people be free to do once the turmoil is healed?

• They will be free to fight with each other

• They will be free to approach their future with less greed

• They will be free to build more walls between each other

• They will be free to create more chaos

What has already started to help people and heal the world’s turmoil?

• The forgetting food

• The destruction of Hedge

• Ethic's work with Adila, Octavia, and Lemma

• The creation of the World Machine

What is the great thing about the method used by the prisoners to explore the maze?

• It leads to the destruction of the crystal

• It ensures that the maze has loops

• It guarantees that Ethic won’t go down any dead-end paths

• It makes the exploration process slower